Effects and functions of Akebia

Everyone has seen Akebia. In many famous ecological parks, there are Akebia all over the mountains, swaying in the wind, which is very beautiful. Although Akebia is only appreciated, it is indeed a food with very good medicinal value. Mutong is the root of Mutong, which has high therapeutic value. So what are the functions and effects of Mutong? Let’s discuss the effects and functions of Akebia below.

Akebia pictures and their effects

1. Akebia promotes sleep

Akebia has the ability to calm nerves and help you sleep better. In traditional Chinese medicine, Akebia can relax the mind, help calm the mind, and regulate the body's sleep. Akebia can increase the rate of blood circulation in the body, relieve muscle pain, relieve physical fatigue, help people relieve stress and fall asleep quickly.

2. Effects of Akebia on clearing heat and moistening the lungs

Mutong has a strong effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, and is particularly effective for coughs caused by lung heat. Mutong can drain water and facilitate diuresis. Drinking it with salt and plantain seeds can make the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs even better. In addition, Mu Tong can also be effective in treating vomiting caused by heat syndrome, wind-cold and wind-heat problems, and can help to ventilate and relieve wind.

3. The antiemetic effect of Akebia

Mutong has a very good effect of regulating qi and promoting qi circulation. Sometimes if you feel that the chest is stuffy and you feel like vomiting, you might as well use Mutong to regulate it. If the nausea and vomiting problem is more serious, you can choose to use Mutong with ginger and rice to make porridge to drink, so that slowly recuperate for a period of time will also have good results.

4. It is beneficial for urination and swelling

Since the lungs are the source of water in our body, they have the function of regulating the water channels and transporting water to the bladder, while Mu Xi can eliminate the lung heat of the human body and promote the downward movement of cold and dampness to be discharged from our urine. Of course, Mu Tong can have the effect of promoting urination and reducing swelling, and the natural prerequisite is that the edema is caused by cold and dampness. If it is just edema, you can soak and take Akebia together with other Chinese medicinal materials such as Poria cocos and Morus alba. If it is only damp-heat in the bladder, Chinese medicinal materials such as Akebia, Plantago, and Feldspar can be used appropriately.

5. Treating mouth and tongue ulcers

Mutong is cold and bitter in nature. It can not only discharge the heat from the intestines, but also purify the heart and reduce fire. It is often used to treat mouth sores caused by heart fire, or mouth sores caused by the body's internal fire sinking to the intestines. For those who have heartburn and red urine, taking Mutong is one of the best choices. Often soaking Mutong with Chinese herbal medicines such as Rehmannia glutinosa, licorice, bamboo leaves, etc. can play the role of treating mouth sores.